From the New York Times bestselling author of A Higher Call, Spearhead, and Devotion comes Tidal Wave, a stunning true story set in the little-known arena of World War II.
It is the summer of 1943, and the world is burning
Lieutenant Ernie Paulson, a 22-year-old man from Utah, finds himself flying America's newest bomber, the B-24, which has been brought to North Africa for a top-secret mission.On the other side of Europe, Lieutenant Konstantin Cantacuzino, Romania's most daring pilot, duels with Soviet fighters on the Eastern Front as he searches for purpose in a losing war.
In Nazi-allied Romania, Princess Catherine Karadja walks a perilous line between loyalty to her country and silent defiance, while German troops hole up around the oil refineries next door to her home.At the Royal Palace, twenty-one-year-old King Michael of Romania, mocked and marginalized by a Nazi-backed dictator, quietly plots to seize his nation's destiny before it is lost forever.In Tidal Wave, Adam Makos brings these characters together in a gripping saga of courage and survival, set in the midst of the boldest air raid in history: the attack on Hitler's Gas Station in Ploşti, Romania. What began with a fire on August 1, 1943, ignited bonds that no one could have predicted - alliances between enemies - that will determine the fate of these men and women. Will they be swallowed up by the ravages of war, or will they seize the opportunity for survival and redemption?Inspired by years of extensive research, and told in Makos' signature cinematic style, Tidal Wave will remind you that even in the darkest hours of war, humanity has a way of overcoming adversity.
